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Offline Eggimou

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Great naps but nighttime is horrible! 8 months old
« on: August 22, 2015, 12:43:35 pm »
Good morning all!
My baby just turned 8 months old. She sleeps one big nap in the morning and one in the afternoon (usually). She goes down easy for both. However...bedtime is a terror! As soon as we enter the bedroom, she starts fussing and crying. Usually takes a good hour to get her calm and settled for sleep. Then night time routine starts (it's been happening the past week). She wakes every 2 hours or so crying and i honestly have tried to settle her over and over without nursing but it seems this is the only thing that will get her to calm. Exhausting!
Our routing goes as follows...
730 - wakes and milk
830 - solids
930 - sleeps (1.5-2 hours usually)
11/1130 - wakes and milk
1230 - solids
130/2 - nap (1.5 hours)
630/7 - bedtime

Any help at all is appreciated!!

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Re: Great naps but nighttime is horrible! 8 months old
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2015, 19:13:25 pm »
Has the nighttime fussing been since she's been in this routine hun? The only reason I ask is that's a very short first A in comparison with the last one. I'd expect a minimum of 3hrs A first thing for an 8mo. I'm surprised you're not getting EW!

If the routine has been the same for a while and this has only been happening for a week or two like you said, I would check for teeth? DD was awful at nighttime wrt to teething whereas during the day it didn't affect her much.

You've got room to stretch your day a little hun, you're expecting a lot of sleep overall there. Would you consider moving the first A out by 15mins for now? I think another push would be in order to get you to at least a 12hr day and night with those naps. I wouldn't extend the last a as it's rather long now as it is xx